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Lesson Five Vocab
Lesson 5 Vocab
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English
10th Grade
11/23/2009

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Boycott
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to agree to have nothing to do with a person or business; to refuse to buy or use a particular product
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Brigand
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A bandit; a member of a gang of outlaws
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brunt
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The main shock or force of a blow or attack; the heaviest part of an accusation or attack
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brusque
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abrupt in manner or speech;blunt
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buffoon
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a person who amuses people with tricks, pranks and jokes; a clown
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cajole
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to persuade by pleasant words; to coax; to wheedle
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candor
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openness; saying what one really thinks; frankness
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cant
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insincere talk; hypocrisy; to speak hypocritically or tritely
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caprice
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a sudden change of mind; a whim
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carnage
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slaughter; the bloody killing of a grean many people, as in war
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